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Gouzenko Affair
This is what sparked the cold war. Igor Gouzenko escaped the Soviet Embassy with 109 documents showing the existence of Soviet spys in canada. -
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Cold War
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Berlin Blockade
Germany, and the Soviet Union blocked the western allies railways, roads, and canals. -
Korean War
The soviet union attacked Korea, the USA feared they would get more land so they split Korea into two. One side was Democratic and the other is communist. -
Vietnam War
A war between the communist armies of North Vietnam with the Chinese by there side and the armies of South Vietnam with United States on there side. It ended in 1975. -
Warsaw Pact
The Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and Mutual Assistance, or the Warsaw Pact. It consisted of Bulgaria Czechoslovakia East Germany Hungary Poland Romania Soviet Union Albania -
Suez Crisis
A diplomatic and military confrontation between Egypt on one side, and Britain, France and Israel on the other.The United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Nations forced Britain, France and Israel to withdraw. It ended on 7 November 1956. -
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro overthrew a dictator and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba. He also ordered Cuba to process oil from the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Becouse Cuba and The soviet Union has reached a trade agreement. -
Sputnik launch
That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. This meant Satellite could be used for spying on other countries such as America, -
Munsinger Affair
Munsinger Affair was a political sex scandal, Gerda Munsinger, an alleged East German prostitute and Soviet spy living in Ottawa who had slept with many of the goverments men. -
American U2 spy plane
A summit in 1960 was canceled when the Soviets, shot down an American U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union and captured its pilot. The plane was said to be spying on them. -
The Berlin Wall
A wall contructed by the germans to seperate the West Berlin from east Berlin. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13-Day confrontation between Cuba and Soviet Union vs the USA. This is considered the closest event that almost cuased a nuclear war. Russia aided Cuba on one condition that cuba let russia use them as a military base. So they did, then russia aimed nuclear missles at 3/4 of the USA. It ended on the 28th of october that year. -
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev purposed placing nuclear missiles in Cuba to restore the balance of power during the Cold War. He was also the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953-1964. -
John F Kennedy
John F Kennedy helped diffuse the cuban missle crisis, So there was never a nuclear crisis. -
Leonid Brezhnev
In competition with the United States to build up huge stockpiles of nuclear weapons. He signed the SALT I agreement in 1972 to reduce nuclear arms he also met with US President Richard Nixon in 1973. -
Soviet War in Afghanistan
A war in Afghanistan that lasted nine years from December 1979 to February 1989. Part of the Cold War, it was fought between Soviet-led Afghan forces against groups called the Mujahideen. The soviet war ended on February 15, 1989 -
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev and Reagan ended the Cold War, he brought domocracy to the Soviet Union. -
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan and Gorbachev ended the Cold War, he assited in bringing domocracy to the Soviet Union.